Clinical trials: Home-dwelling Elderly
Osteoarthritis
Home Telerehabilitation for Deconditioned Older Adults
The purpose of this study is to develop a home exercise program for patients 60 years of age and over who are deconditioned following their discharge from the hospital, or recruited from GLA outpatient clinics.
- Trial name
- NCT00386256
- Testing
- Health Buddy, Home telehealth technology, Telephone counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Caregiver, Disabled Veterans
Helping Invested Families Improve Veterans Experiences Study
The purpose of this study is to evaluate a caregiver skill training program (HI-FIVES), offered as a part of a randomized control trial to caregivers of Veterans referred to home and community-based long-term care.
- Conditions
- Caregiver, Disabled Veterans, Referred to Long-term Care, Residing at Home
- Trial name
- HI-FIVES (NCT01777490)
- Testing
- Helping Invested Families Improve Veterans Experiences - Control, Helping Invested Families Improve Veterans Experiences - HI FIVES
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 484 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Lung Neoplasms
The Impacts of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Therapy on Patients After Thoracic Surgery
The advantages of thoracoscopic surgery include smaller wounds, fewer postoperative complications, and shortened hospital stay. However,complications such as pain, pulmonary function insufficiency, pneumonia,postoperative…
- Trial name
- VATSMIPMEP (NCT02757092)
- Testing
- Home-based Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Where
- 2 sites in Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal, Osteoporosis
Preventing Osteoporosis Using Denosumab
The purpose of this research study is to find out if denosumab (Prolia®), an injection given in the arm under the skin every 6 months, works to treat bone loss and prevent it from worsening in older men and women (ages 65 and…
- Conditions
- Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal, Osteoporosis, Osteoporotic Fractures
- Trial name
- PROUD (NCT02753283)
- Testing
- denosumab, Calcium and Vitamin D
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 201 people
- Sponsor
- Susan L. Greenspan
Dental Caries
Preventing and Arresting Dental Root Surface Caries in Community-dwelling Older Adults
This study is a randomized clinical trial lasting for 30 months. A total of 300 subjects will be recruited from social centres for elders located in different districts in Hong Kong.
- Trial name
- NCT02360124
- Testing
- silver diammine fluoride, saturated potassium iodide solution
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 323 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Osteoarthritis (OA)
Effect of Chair Yoga on Elders With Osteoarthritis
The current study is a two-arm randomized controlled clinical trial to test the feasibility of recruiting, randomizing, and having older adults with osteoarthritis (OA) adhere to and safely complete the 8-week Sit 'N' Fit Chair…
- Trial name
- NCT02113410
- Testing
- Sit 'N' Fit Chair Yoga (SNFCY), Health Education Program (HEP)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 131 people
- Sponsor
- Florida Atlantic University
Physical Disability, Cognitive Impairment
Improving Aging in Place in Subsidized Housing
This pilot study will evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of an adapted version of the Function Focused Care intervention, delivered by telephone, for improving aging in place for older adults living in…
- Conditions
- Physical Disability, Cognitive Impairment, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- NCT04212442
- Testing
- Independent Living Program for Affordable Housing.
- Where
- 13 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Fall, Risk Reduction
Prevention Focused Home-Based Physical Therapy Utilizing Community Partnership Referrals
This novel study supports the positive benefits of Home Based Older Persons Upstreaming Physical Therapy (HOP-UP-PT) to older adults identified as "at-risk" by their local senior center after participating in a prevention-focused…
- Trial name
- NCT04814459
- Testing
- HOP-UP-PT Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oakland University
Frail Elderly People
Continuum of Care for Frail Elderly People
The present study "Continuum of care for frail elderly people" form part of the research programme "Support for frail elderly persons - from prevention to palliation" (www.vardalinstitutet.net) which comprises research into three…
- Trial name
- NCT01260493
- Testing
- integrated health care chain
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 181 people
- Sponsor
- Vardalinstitutet The Swedish Institute for Health Sciences
Depression
Medication Treatment for Depression in Nursing Home Residents
This study will examine therapeutic and adverse effects of continuing versus discontinuing antidepressant medication in nursing home residents who have had no more than a single episode of depression and who no longer have…
- Trial name
- NCT00076622
- Testing
- Antidepressant medication, No antidepressant medication
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 94 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Atrial Fibrillation, Deep Vein Thrombosis
Weekly Monitoring Strategy of Capillary INR Versus Monthly Monitoring Strategy of Venous INR in Elderly Patients in a Nursing Home.
This primary care study aims to compare the "time in therapeutic range" (TTR) of two strategies for monitoring the international normalized ratio (INR) over 6 months in nursing homes.
- Conditions
- Atrial Fibrillation, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Stroke
- Trial name
- INR-CAP (NCT05561244)
- Testing
- Weekly monitoring using the capillary International Normalised Ratio strategy
- Where
- 33 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Incontinence-associated Dermatitis
Prevention of Incontinence-associated Dermatitis
Incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) is an inflammation of the skin caused by prolonged direct contact of the skin with urine and/or stool. Elderly and care-dependent people are often affected by this type of inflammation.
- Trial name
- PID (NCT05403762)
- Testing
- ESENTA™ Skin Barrier Spray (ConvaTec, UK), Hydrophobes Basisgel DAC
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Mobility Limitation, Aging
HOMEStudy: Development of a Home-based Self-delivered Prehabilitation Intervention to Proactively Reduce Fall Risk in Older Adults
Older adults often have difficulty performing complex walking tasks leading to increased fall incidence and subsequent injury. Even in the best clinical settings, it may not be possible for patients or clinicians to dedicate the…
- Trial name
- NCT05583578
- Testing
- Home-based mobility testing and active tDCS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Telerehabilitation, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Postoperative Telerehabilitation in Older Adults
The purpose of this study is to confirm the effectiveness of a mobile messenger-based home tele-rehabilitation protocol in patients who have undergone lung resection surgery.
- Conditions
- Telerehabilitation, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test
- Trial name
- NCT05435885
- Testing
- Pulmonary Tele-Rehabilitation, Control (Education)
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Pusan National University Hospital
Dementia, Cognitive Impairment
Functionally-tailored Oral Care Intervention for Community-dwelling Older Adults With Dementia and Their Caregivers
The specific aims of this study are: Aim 1. Develop a staged and modifiable dyadic oral care intervention to provide functionally-tailored oral care rehabilitation for community-dwelling persons with dementia (PWD) and need-based…
- Trial name
- NCT04238520
- Testing
- Functionally Tailored Oral Care Intervention, Control Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xi Chen
Fall
Impact of Telephone Coaching on Physical Performance in a Physical Exercise Maintenance Program for Fallers Elderly Patients Living at Home
At home, maintenance, physical performance declines more or less rapidly from 6 weeks depending advancing age and duration of the training period .
- Trial name
- STEP-PA (NCT02828826)
- Testing
- telephone coaching
- Where
- 10 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 101 people
- Sponsor
- Nantes University Hospital
Dementia
A Home-based Training Program for Elderly Patients With Dementia
The illness course and symptoms of dementia is usually very long and characterized with behavioral, psychological and physical changes. Family caregivers' stresses change during the illness trajectory as well.
- Trial name
- NCT02667951
- Testing
- A home-based caregiver-training program
- Volunteers
- 129 people
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Frailty, Sarcopenia
FrAilty Care and wEll-funcTion in Community Dwelling Older Adults
This study is looking at whether older people could benefit from an online monitoring platform to support their individual ambitions to maintain or improve functional ability.
- Conditions
- Frailty, Sarcopenia, Aging
- Trial name
- FACET (NCT03707145)
- Testing
- Consultation, Online Support, Empowered
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aberystwyth University
Major Depression
Increasing Use of Mental Health Services
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of Open Door (previously known as the Treatment Initiation Program [TIP]), a brief psychosocial intervention to address the psychological barriers to care and improve the use…
- Trial name
- OpenDoor (NCT00605358)
- Testing
- Open Door intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 161 people
- Sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Diabetes
ADA Linagliptin in Long Term Care
This is a study to determine whether glycemic control, as measured by change in HbA1c and frequency of hypoglycemia, is different between treatment with linagliptin (Tradjenta®) and basal insulin in long term care residents(LTC)…
- Trial name
- NCT02061969
- Testing
- linagliptin, insulin glargine
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University